Author Guidelines
1. Articles written for JPS include the research results and the results of the study in the field of science education (preferably research). The manuscript font format is Times New Roman, with size of 12 pts, with double line spacing, printed on A4 paper with scale of 25-30 pages, and submitted in the form of 3 copies of print out along with soft-file in Microsoft Word format. The soft-file form can be sent to the e-mail address JPS: jps.pasca@um.ac.id
2. The names of all authors of the article are listed without academic degrees and placed under the title of the article along with the correspondence e-mail , the name and the address of the institution where the research take place. In case of the article which is conducted by team, editor only correspondence with the main author or the author whose names are listed in the first line. Authors are required to include the e-mail address to facilitate communication. Article is written in Indonesian or English. Title, author's name and its affiliates listed on the first page of the article, followed with abstract consisting of 75-100 words and 3-5 key words. The sequence of the paper is the Title, Author, Affiliation, Abstract, Keywords.
3. The Article is written in Indonesian or English essay format, with title of each section of the article. The title of the article is printed in capital letters with center paragraph formats, and font size of 14 points. The rank is expressed in the title section with different types of letters (all titles sections and sub-sections in bold or bold and italic), and refrain to use of numbers in the title section:
Rank I (CAPITALIZED FONT, BOLD, CENTER)
Rank 2 (Small and Capitalized Font, Bold, Center)
Rank 3 (Small and Capitalized, Bold-Italic, Center)
4. Systematic of research article are: title; the author's name (without academic degree); abstract (maximum 100 words) that contains the objectives, methods, and research result; keywords; Introduction which contains the background, a little review of the literature, and research purposes; methods; the results; discussion; conclusions and suggestions; references (contain the references of the source).
5. Systematics of the reviewed article are: title; the author's name (without academic degree); abstract (maximum 100 words); keywords; Introduction (without title) which contains background and objectives or scope of the writing; main topics (can be divided into several sub-sections); conclusions; references (contain the references of the source).
6. References should be issued not more than last 10 years from the current year. References should be or preferably taken from research reports (including skripsi, thesis, dissertation) or research articles in journals and scientific magazines.
7. Citation and Reference are written according to the APA (American Psychological Association) 6th edition style. The references shall be ordered based on alphabetical and chronological order. We recommend to use reference manager application such as Mendeley, End Note, or Zotero. Below are the example of References written according to the APA 6th edition style.
8. All manuscripts are reviewed anonymously by peer review whom selected by the editor based on their field of expertise. Authors of the articles are given the opportunity to make improvements (revision) on the manuscript based on the recommendations / suggestions from peer review or editor. The decision of the manuscript being accepted or rejected will be notified by letter or by e-mail.
9. Checking and editing of the test & trial of the articles will be done by the editor and the author. Articles that have been tested & trialed can be cancelled from publication by the editor if the articles are problematic.
10. Every single thing related to licensing of the citations, the use of computer software for the creation of the script or others which is related to IPR and conducted by authors of the article, and following the legal consequences that may arise therefore, it is sole responsibility of the author of the article.
11. The author whose article is published also obliged to pay the printing costs of their articles of IDR 500.000,00 per title. In return, the author will received 3 copies of the journal and 3 copies of free published journal. Articles that are not published will not be returned, except of the request from the author.
Article Template (in Ms.Word ) can be downloaded here
